£60 for hygienist

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Seriously!!!!!

Was £40 before lockdown
Apparently this is due to PPE and having to have time to clean between appointments

AIBU to think that £60 to get my families teeth cleaned is ridiculous

Hygienists need to make a living like everyone else and they can only see a fraction of their usual numbers and have to pay for the PPE so what else can they do?

It sucks but that’s the reality.

£60 for the whole family seems a bargain to me, and fair enough about the PPE; they have their faces hanging directly over people’s mouths, so presumably they go through a lot of it. 🤷‍♀️ I just paid 158 yesterday for a cleaning for one person (not the US or UK).

Assume the op means £60 per person. If not that's very cheap.

sounds cheap to me, mine is up to £85

That's cheap compared to here.

My dentist wanted £140 odd from memory because of PPE. Previously it was £70. I found someone nearby who was charging £75 for Air Flow and I was delighted with it.

Mine was £57 before lockdown so doesn't seem too bad to me

That’s cheap!

Mine’s always been £60 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sounds about right- ours charges £54.50.
People spend more than this on having their hair cut or on beauty treatments. Don’t you value your teeth?

Cheap!

£70 for one person here

Ask the dentist to do your scale and polish, it’s cheaper.

Mine was usually £42 but I haven’t booked an appointment yet but I should imagine the cost has gone up now.

I can’t understand why dentists don’t do a proper clean as part of your appointment- it just seems like a money-making scheme in the dental industry. In the country I’m from appointments are 15 mins long and your teeth are cleaned and checked by the dentist and the cost works out as similar to what you pay here for a basic check up.

It is expensive to go to a hygienist. I have to go regularly as I have gum problems.

Its £55 here for one person

OP - that sounds reasonable to me. Here in the SE £100 is the norm.

Mines always been £60

Do your whole family need to have it done?

Yes! I was paying £60 just for me, before the 1st lockdown, so that was no PPE. My practice charges £40 for PPE and extra cleaning now.

I’d be thanking my lucky stars for £60 for the whole family!

I was 45 for me I went every 3 months £60 is a bargain !

Ours was that pre lockdown

My DM is a hygienist and has lot 80% of her work since covid. It's no surprise prices are higher

Mine last week was 60 instead of usual 40, they said it was because they needed extra because I'd missed my last app due to lockdown in june.
I was a bit annoyed that when I sat in the chair she said she would be manually scraping rather than using the electric one as they weren't allowed to.

Mine charges £75 per person as standard.

£118 for 30 minutes here (SE London)

Mine was £60 pre-Covid and is now £93.